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2026 SPANISH OPEN SC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Thursday, November 12th – Sunday, November 15th Astralpool, Sabadell, Spain SCM (25m) Live ResultsDay 1 Highlights
The 2026 Spanish Open Short Course Championships are taking place this week in Sabadell, Spain, with several of the nation’s best taking on a select few of the world’s quickest in their quest to qualify for next month’s Short Course World Championships in Beijing, China.
Wreaking havoc in the men’s 400m free was visiting Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen of Ireland.
25-year-old Wiffen turned in a time of 3:41.16 to earn the gold by a relatively narrow margin, with domestic ace Carlos Garach immediately behind in 3:41.32.
Garcia Hernandez of Spain rounded out the podium in 3:44.07.
Irishman Wiffen’s lifetime best remains at the 3:35.47 he put on the books for gold at the 2023 European Short Course Championships.
A minimum of 3:42.18 was needed to qualify for Beijing; therefore, 22-year-old Garach made the cut in a new personal best to boot. The same mark of 3:42.18 checked in as his former PB and he remains the #2 Spanish performer of all time.
SC Worlds qualification was also achieved at the hands of Ivan Martinez while racing in the men’s 100m backstroke.
Martinez registered a gold medal-worthy result of 50.11 to get to the wall .18 ahead of visiting Irish national record holder John Shortt.
Shortt settled for silver in 50.29, within range of his 50.10 Irish standard, and Manuel Martos of the host nation bagged the bronze in 51.96.
Not only did Martinez clear the QT of 50.81, but he also demolished his former lifetime best of 50.95 from 2025. He now ranks as Spain’s #2 performer of all time but #1 textile swimmer, sitting only behind national record holder Aschwin Wildeboer Faber‘s mark of 49.05 from the supersuited 2009 European Short Course Championships.
Two swimmers made the cut in the women’s edition of the 100m back, with Irene Ciercoles getting to the wall first in a speedy time of 57.31.
She and runner-up Carmen Weiler cleared the 57.52 QT, with Canada’s Kylie Masse earning a 3rd-place finish in 57.51.
Weiler owns the Spanish national record at the 56.09 logged at the 2024 Short Course World Championships, while Ciercoles’ outing here crushed her former PB of 58.55 from last year to become the #2 performer in history for the nation of Spain.
Additional Notes
Spain had to settle for bronze as its highest finish in the men’s 50m free, with Miguel Perez-Godoy posting 21.77 for 3rd place. Ahead of him was a pair of non-Spaniards, with Egypt’s Youssef Ramadan touching first in 21.03, followed by Canadian Olympic medalist Josh Liendo‘s effort of 21.11. Ciercoles doubled up on her 100m back with a victory in the 50m free as well. Her time of 24.29 beat the field, which included Petra Bisa and Maria Daza. The former notched 24.50 for silver and the latter reaped a time of 24.57 for bronze. This counted as Ciercoles’ 2nd qualification, as she was the sole swimmer of the field to beat the 24.33 QT. The women’s 200m IM saw 24-year-old Alba Vazquez deliver a swim of 2:07.40 to beat the field by over a second and add her name to Spain’s provisional roster for Beijing. That ripped her former PB of 2:09.11 from last year to shreds, rendering her Spain’s #3 performer in history.Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Spanish Open Championships: Ciercoles Rips Personal Best In 100 Back
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